E14: “The Book Club Episode”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss VHS treasure troves, The Gentleman Class, working for a living, and Star Wars, among other things.

Topics included:

Getting started again, movies and VHS tapes, old movies, scary movies, children and their taste, The Gentleman Class, podcasting, generational discourse, what’s wrong with living our normal lives?, working for a living, judging others choices, it’s the beginning of a moment, liking art made by monsters, is there a path to redemption?, the problem with books and Star Wars.

E13: “We Are All Innocent On A Podcast”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss TV we’re not watching, the window for discovering books, cat updates, more cleaning talk, and being a NASA Nerd.

Topics included:

David Lynch, Dune, Confederacy of Dunces, Anne Rice, Pre-Goth Girls, Hodgman’s Axiom, when Gabaldon jumps the shark, the hierarchy of romance novels, The Dark Tower series & Stephen King books, Bukowski, Cat Corner, keeping water, home made cleaners, Eclipse Fever, Jossip & Buffy Talk, & Austin’s NASA Swag Bag.

E12: “A Middle Book In A Series”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss more tidbits about pop songs & punk rock, camping playlists, books we’re reading, mental health, and why it is so hard to confront someone who is being an awful person.

Topics included:

Baking cookies, Roseanne, sociopaths & psychopaths, mental health, our Yahoo News segment, Little Free Libraries, The Dark Design by Philip José Farmer, camping playlists, Rosemary Clooney, Ethel Merman, Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz, The Dark Side of The Rainbow, how Austin got into music, KZEL, Top 40 Pop, “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson, Guided By Voices vs. Ween, Germs (Tribute): A Circle of Friends (with the Posies Track on it), The Germs, Nicole Panter, Austin’s Germs Website on Wayback Machine, Mr. Right on & Other Stories, Alice Bag, JJCnV & The Sturdy Ladies, X, Austin’s Exene Interview, Dream Machines: John & Exene story in The Salem Weekly, Frank Miller Comics, Dilbert, white privilege and listening to people.

E11: “A Glass House of My Own Design”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss social media boundaries, the weather, old and new recording techniques, and the future of our D&D Game.

Topics included:
IQ Score Metrics, change vocabulary, how to have difficult conversations with people, Archive.org, The Antique Phonograph Music Program, recording songs then and now, The Weather, adding up to zero, social media boundaries, Angela’s Instagram, The Adventure Zone, The McElroy’s on @midnight, our impending D&D Game, Writer’s Block, Road Work #73: Future John, Comedians we love, and the non-controversial selection of a female Dr. Who.

E10: “Can We Talk About Appliances For A Second Here?”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss music as an accessory, trying to undo 40 years worth of bad habits, getting back into reading, the various shades of left wing, musicals, and, of course, a brief interlude about how great appliances are.

Topics included:
The changing media landscape, things that auto-sort the culture, Kirsty MacColl, music nerdery, Judge John Hodgman Episode 320: Might As Well Judge, music as an accessory, Morrissey, the put-on of Sophistication, Flann O’Brien (Brian O’Nolan, or Myles na gCopaleen), some of his columns that Austin spoke of, having a Friends-stroke, Austin’s Non-Profit, undoing 40 years worth of bad habits, even more book mine stories, getting back to reading, Get Up On This podcast, reading comics, Challengers of The Unknown, Spider-Man, people looking to be assholish, the problems with neighbors, Virginia Rapee & Roscoe Arbuckle, Lizzie, My Favorite Year, Floyd Collins, Little Shop of Horrors & the alternate ending.

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss endless scrolling, the problems with punk rock and what to do when you’re up against a ticking clock.

Topics included:

The Clock Is Ticking, Endless Scrolling, The Man Who Laughs, Silent Film Music by Ben Model, the stoner trope, The Dickies are… well… dicks, Screeching Weasel, The Vandals, Sleep Capsule, Buglite, The Clean, The Chills, Peanut Records (RIP), House of Records, The Antique Phonograph Music Program, turntables and records, Country Music, Austin’s conversation with ? of the Mysterians, The Roots of Rap, Bikini Kill, Austin’s conversation with Hobo Maker and more arguments about Chocolate & Punk Rock.

]]> https://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/2017/07/17/e9-were-punks-were-so-much-better-than-this/feed/ 0 blasphuphmus austinrich@gmail.com (Angela & Austin)yesE9: “We’re Punks, We’re So Much Better Than This” A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations. In this episode we discuss endless scrolling, the problems with punk rock and what to do when you’re up against a ticking clock. Topics included: The Clock Is Ticking, Endless Scrolling, The Man Who Laughs, Silent Film […]Angela & AustinE9: “We’re Punks, We’re So Much Better Than This” A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations. In this episode we discuss endless scrolling, the problems with punk rock and what to do when you’re up against a ticking clock. Topics included: The Clock Is Ticking, Endless Scrolling, The Man Who Laughs, Silent Film […]Uncategorized https://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/e8-not-well-loved-but-very-interesting/ https://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/e8-not-well-loved-but-very-interesting/#respond Mon, 10 Jul 2017 07:00:56 +0000 http://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/?p=100 E8: “Not Well Loved, But Very Interesting”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss our own Xennial Denial, getting our references wrong, and some non-professional, little-known podcasts we love. 

Topics included:

The Xennial Quiz, our listeners at Google, “Can I just be 40 for a day?” The Marx Brothers, “We all become Well Actuallys,” “Cut that thing out,” Sound of Tomorrow, Do Or DIY w/ People Like Us, Slightly Burned Pants, The Pod F. Tompkast, Relic Radio, Orson Welles On The Air, Dan Carlin: Hardcore History, Dungeons and Randomness, Signifying Something by Steve Flato, Jim And Them, Pod Awful, The Halloween Haunt, Jesse vs. Cancer, Skeptoid, ScreamQueenz, The Top Dollar Hour w/ Tunacan Jones, Over The Edge Presents by Jon Leidecker (Wobbly), 34 Years of Over The Edge by Don Joyce at archive.org, Cthulhu & Friends, Drunks And Dragons, Windy City Heat & The Big Three Podcast, Simply Don, Peter And Raymond, (Austin’s friend who introduced him to Peter and Raymond, Jack Pollack), and The Children of Tendu.

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss TV & film from our youth, our comics reading habits, and Generation X’s influence on storytelling.

Topics included:

Juneuary weather, Bikes & Bike culture, “That’s code for I’m not actually going to do this thing,” “a very specific kind of Grindr client,” being sick, the grim spectre of death, Night Court deep cuts,The “I don’t remember this show” Phenomena, The Power of Positive Talking-On-A-Podcast, My Secret Identity vs. The Wizard,  “the regionalisms of TV broadcasting is always completely anathema to me,” Terry Gilliam movies, DC Comics Properties, Swamp Thing, comics reading habits,  It’s A Comic Book Swap!, Manga, Parasyte, Tekkonkinkreet, American vs. Japanese animation standards, “that scarred a Generation,” Agnes Moorehead on Bewitched & sitcom standards, Austin mistakes House of Leaves for Leaves of Grass, Veronica Mars, the story of the baby-boomers, “we’ve got stupid facial hair and we still think Nirvana is cool,” our Stratifications of Generations and more Buffy Talk.

]]> https://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/e7-were-technically-irrelevant/feed/ 0 blasphuphmus austinrich@gmail.com (Angela & Austin)yesE7: “We’re Technically Irrelevant” A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations. In this episode we discuss TV & film from our youth, our comics reading habits, and Generation X’s influence on storytelling. Topics included: Juneuary weather, Bikes & Bike culture, “That’s code for I’m not actually going to do this thing,” “a very specific […]Angela & AustinE7: “We’re Technically Irrelevant” A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations. In this episode we discuss TV & film from our youth, our comics reading habits, and Generation X’s influence on storytelling. Topics included: Juneuary weather, Bikes & Bike culture, “That’s code for I’m not actually going to do this thing,” “a very specific […]Uncategorized https://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/2017/05/01/e6-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-sportsball/ https://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/2017/05/01/e6-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-sportsball/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 07:00:14 +0000 http://waitwererecordingright.wordpress.com/?p=84 E6: “(What We Talk About) When We Talk About Sportsball”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations, with special guest Heather from Sound of Tomorrow!  (This episode takes place before the events of “Your Time Is So Divided.”)

In this episode we discuss being Super Sportsball fans, playing croquet by ourselves, and Drag Race. 

Topics included:

Heather is summoned, Sportsball, porn for skaters, the rules of the podcast, Heather’s Rocky Horror Story, The Le Croix Effect, veggie burgers & a cardigan, uniforms, the smell of Sportsball, running, books to read, food to eat, croquet, “just setting it up was kinda fun,” bad at cooking, “it was the best podcast ever,” Drag Race (“after that I got obsessed”), time travel Drag Race, Austin’s Drag Bus Story,  Drag / Trans culture, a scorpion in the mail and work pillow talk.

E5: “Your Time Is So Divided Now”

A wide-ranging conversation about our current thinking and inclinations.

In this episode we discuss doing our podcasts, opting out of the apocalypse, and new Who.

Topics included:

‘Doing my podcasts’, the role of older women in culture, Sound of Tomorrow, The Stephanie Miller Show, “you can’t just browse for hours like you used to be able to,” Fixing iPods, shiney metal objects, woodshop, Survival Talk, riding the bus, the first direct ROTL reference, Adventure Time, Voice Acting, Austin confused Public Enemy for The Wu Tang Clan, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Kevin Smith, “How was Who?” that ‘nerdface’ show, Spaced, and bisexual car commercials.